North Carolina 2012 Softball World Series Capsule

North Carolina Tar Heels
ACC (39-13, 13-4)

 

Big Wins: 4/1 vs Florida State (4-2), 4/21 vs Georgia Tech (3-2), 4/21 vs Georgia Tech (6-4)
Bad Losses: 3/10 vs Long Beach State (0-6), 3/17 vs Virginia Tech (0-5), 4/24 vs Charlotte (6-10)
Coach: Donna J. Papa (27 seasons at North Carolina)

Key Field Players:
Amy Nece, Sophomore, OF, .374 BA, 12 RBI
Logan Foulks, Sophomore, 3B/C, .333 BA, 12 HR, 37 RBI
Kelli Wheeler, Senior, OF, .331 BA, 10 HR, 31 RBI
Ally Blake, Senior, C/3B, .350 BA, 7 HR, 26 RBI
Haleigh Dickey, Junior, 1B/3B, .263 BA, 11 HR, 44 RBI
Constance Orr, Junior, 1B/IF, .326 BA, 8 HR, 30 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Lori Spingola, Sophomore, Pitcher, 1.88 ERA, 30-8 W/L, 27 CG, 227.2 IP, 299 SO
Ashley Bone, Sophomore, Pitcher, 2.76 ERA, 6-2 W/L, 3 CG, 71.0 IP, 42 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .294 (45th in nation, 1st in conference)
Earned Run Average: 2.21 (38, 2)
Fielding Percentage: .967 (55, 4)
Scoring Offense: 5.52 (25, 1)
Home Runs per Game: 1.19 (12, 1)
Doubles per Game: 1.21 (73, 1)
Triples per Game: 0.08 (212, 7)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.96 (115, 6)
Slugging Percentage: .490 (15, 1)
Double Plays per Game: 0.25 (163, 5)

 

Recent Postseason Appearances:

2010Regionaldefeated Nebraska, lost to Washington, defeated Nebraska, eliminated by Washington
2009Regionaldefeated Campbell, lost to Georgia, defeated Radford, eliminated by Georgia
2008Regionallost to BYU, eliminated by Campbell
2007Regionaldefeated Winthrop, lost to Tennessee, eliminated by Winthrop
2006Regionallost to South Florida, eliminated by Florida

*all team stats through 5/6

 

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